A lot can happen in 8 years.......

Today it is 8 years since my volunteer programme in Salvador, Brazil with Cross-Cultural Solutions, and since I started this blog, to allow all the fabulous people that sponsored me to go to keep track of what of I was up to.

It is crazy how much of an impact that 4 week programme had on my life!!

In those 8 years I have:

• lived in NYC and worked for CCS  for 3 years
• travelled to and trained offices in Denver, Boston and Toronto about CCS programmes
• been an Advisory Board Member for the International Volunteerism Resource Center
• volunteered in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ghana and China
• discovered I loved teaching while in Ghana
• moved to South Korea to teach for a year
• gained my CELTA
• taught in Leeds and Brazil on and off for about 2 years
• went back to my placement in Brazil 3 years later and was still remembered by name by the teacher in my class!
• met the man of my dreams  through an ex-colleges, ex-boyfriend's mum's nephew's birthday party and got engaged
• completed (and hopefully passed!!) a PGCE  specialising in ESOL
• Met and stayed in contact with some amazing and inspiring people

And now for my next adventure..... I am moving to Brazil in 37 days where I already have a job lined up, and if all my documents are in order, will get married!!!

Let's see what the next 8 years have in store......